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Shame / Annie Ernaux ; translated by Tanya Leslie

By:

Ernaux, Annie, , 1940-

Contributor(s):

Leslie, Tanya

Material type: Text

TextDescription: 111 p. ; 21 cmISBN:

9781583220184

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

FIC ERN

LOC classification:

PQ2665.R67 Z46513 1998

Summary: A dazzling novel which tells the story of a twelve-year-old girl who sees her father attempt to kill her mother. The moment lives inside her, indeed it cuts through her like an axe. Over time, the memory cools until it is just like a snapshot one might carry in a purse but the cut is still there and eventually she finds that her whole being has grown around it like a tree that has been struck by lightning and survived. Over 100,000 copies sold in France.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Fiction / Ficción	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C. Sala Ingles	General	FIC ERN (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		067589

A dazzling novel which tells the story of a twelve-year-old girl who sees her father attempt to kill her mother. The moment lives inside her, indeed it cuts through her like an axe. Over time, the memory cools until it is just like a snapshot one might carry in a purse but the cut is still there and eventually she finds that her whole being has grown around it like a tree that has been struck by lightning and survived. Over 100,000 copies sold in France.

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